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This month we continue with our annual Central Coast Economic Report, an initiative we implemented in April last year, so as to highlight to the community, business and government the state of the regional economy. From around 1995 to 2011...

One of the fundamentals in running a business is to increase turnover by finding new customers.  Not putting up the price. If you try that stunt, and many do, you will soon find that your customers are deserting you. It’s...

As a businessperson, or an investor, or a property developer looking at the boundless opportunities the Central Coast has to offer you would have to be very frustrated with the mixed messages that you get from government. Since the first...

As we come to the end of the year and take a look back over the past twelve months, one has to wonder about the economic future of our region. Opportunities for business and investment abound and there are plenty...

This month we publish the 29th edition of The Central Coast – A Better Business Environment, Investment Prospectus 2021-22 Edition This publication, supported this year by Regional Development Australia – Central Coast (RDACC) but mostly local Central Coast businesses, was...

Its been a difficult two years. The Risk Assessors never dreamt this one up. COVID caught everyone by surprise and through our Business Plans into disarray. Businesses, all businesses, depend on a certain amount of certainty. But we are now...

  But first things first! While the State Government is busy mortgaging the future to pay for this pandemic, our younger generations will be paying for it for the rest of their lives, important day to day decisions are being...

The Federal Member for Robertson Lucy Wicks has called for the Central Coast to be a stand-along region. (Page 9).  She is right on the button but first we have to work out who we are. CCBR asked this question...

New identity for Gosford CBD As the administration offices of Central Coast Council are centralised in Wyong and the old Gosford Council Chambers sold off to bail the organisation out, Gosford CBD searches for a new identity.Earlier this year Gosford...

Another hospital for Gosford Hospitals are big business and private hospitals are even bigger business.  So the announcement that the DA for a private hospital at West Gosford as a State Significant development has been approved is a big deal...